# Pop songs with kick-ass horns **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 5, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065 "2013-03-05T03:46:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![diggerwam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/21 "2013-03-05T15:49:27Z")
“I’m the man who loves you” by Wilco ---
**Author:** ![tomcar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tomcar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomcar)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/22 "2013-03-05T15:55:55Z")
Absolute Beginners - The Jam ---
**Author:** ![tomcar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tomcar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomcar)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/23 "2013-03-05T15:57:37Z")
Ghost Town- The Specials ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/24 "2013-03-05T16:33:29Z")
Lots of Van Morrison, like “[Domino](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpsD6A6PAnU)” and “[Wild Night](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX2_HahKoe4)”. And Creedence Clearwater Revival being Van Morrison: “[Long as I Can See the Light](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1809vqz3zA)”. ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/25 "2013-03-05T16:35:07Z")
Motley Crue’s “Rattlesnake Shake” has a nice kick from some horns, mostly towards the end. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/26 "2013-03-05T16:37:25Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > Rolling Stone’s “Waiting On a Friend” (Sonny Rollins on sax). Oh yeah, same with “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” and Bobby Keys. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/27 "2013-03-05T18:25:02Z")
“Knock on Wood” Eddie Floyd “Mustang Sally” Wilson Pickett Pretty much anything else recorded at Stax/Volt with the Memphis horns. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/28 "2013-03-05T18:29:33Z")
Kick ass horns? [**Doot Doot**](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UhpYSN9g6E) ~runs away~ ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/29 "2013-03-05T18:50:51Z")
Much of Phil Collins’ early solo work applies, he brought in Earth, Wind, and Fire’s horn section to do the work. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/30 "2013-03-06T01:04:25Z")
Although it’s short, I’ve always enjoyed the horn section in “Solitary Man” by Neil Diamond. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/31 "2013-03-06T01:35:42Z")
It seems like Adam Ant/Adam and the Ants used horns a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/32 "2013-03-06T03:13:59Z")
Sledgehammer Peter Gabriel ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/33 "2013-03-06T05:09:07Z")
[Christmas Wrapping](http://youtu.be/2SzjDOk_u9I?t=2m) by The Waitresses I Ain’t Got Nobody/Just a Gigolo by David Lee Roth ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/34 "2013-03-06T05:23:04Z")
“Got to Get You into My Life” by The Beatles Less well known but really catchinane the horn parts in “Super Rad!” by The Aquabats. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/35 "2013-03-06T06:19:15Z")
[Happy Day](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w27R8SpRJHM) - Burning Spear ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/36 "2013-03-06T07:16:03Z")
“The Heart of Rock and Roll,” “Trouble in Paradise,” and “Hip To Be Square” by Huey Lewis and the News. Great sax work by Johnny Colla. “Just the Way You Are” by Billy Joel with sax by Phil Woods. “Scenes From an Italian Restaurant,” and “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me” by Billy Joel with sax by Richie Cannata. “New York State of Mind” by Billy Joel - two different studio recordings. The first one from Turnstiles had Richie Cannata on the sax. A new version was recorded for Joel’s Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 and 2 with Phil Woods replacing Cannata on the sax. Can you tell I really, really like the sax? ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/37 "2013-03-06T07:25:22Z")
> [@Andiethewestie](#): > > Sledgehammer Peter Gabriel I’m pretty sure they were synths, although they do indeed kick ass. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/38 "2013-03-06T07:38:41Z")
Can’t believe I left out the Big Man. The late, great Clarence Clemons on “Jungleland” by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/39 "2013-03-06T08:17:53Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > I’m pretty sure they were synths [Nope](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sledgehammer_%28song%29#Personnel). [These guys.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Memphis_Horns) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/40 "2013-03-06T16:14:33Z")
I’ve always liked the horn/sax break in [Face The Face](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_N2kJg29v4). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065.md?page=3)